It always surprises me how many deactivated users there are here. And maybe most of them are the natural consequence of URL-hopping, but beyond those, the ones that intentionally deactivated--just the idea of actively deciding to terminate an account is so foreign to me.
I'm in the business of atrophy.
My Neopets exist, and persist, and are dying and continue to die for the last ten years my account has been dark. My penguin lived until the day Club Penguin died, immobile in its igloo, decoration among the puffles. My Webkinz stand in rooms which time refuses to allow even the dignity of gathering dust. My footprint stuffs the digital shelves of datacenters for sites and accounts I do not remember making.
I've made a horde of scattered exoskeletons, shells which I cannot even call ghosts because that implies a presence. They are husks. They are archives. They are records. I do not ever consider the mercy of allowing them to die.
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my little cousin confidently declared that mother nature had a counterpart named daddy electric and i feel like this concept needs to be explored
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visited family recently and stumbled across this 59 year old piece of history
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putting “lying to kids is ok” on the table immediately looks bad. but theres nuance. because kids deserve to have as much context and respect as anyone else you live with. but also. telling them that leaving doors open will make ants carry away the entire house is necessary until their brains can quantify the heating&air bill
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powerful energies to ward off negativity in 2018
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No.1 on the list of dogs that are so vacant the only explanation is that they were once beings of limitless knowledge who willingly sacrificed all of their intelligence for blissful ignorance:
Kermit
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i think the minimum wage should be 10000 dollars
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Me, gritting my teeth: You garbage website. You garbage, garbage website-
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